Wasps & Hornets

In this challenge, show us those insects we refer to as wasps, or their larger relatives, hornets. (Order Hymenoptera.) Often they aren't so friendly to those of us who accidentally encounter them or their nests. However, they are very useful, as parasitizers to control most pest insects. Macro and close-up shots welcome. The wasps or hornets, must be outside, on flowers, leaves, flying around, tending their nests, or just doing what they do; NOT under studio lights. No bees, flies or spiders etc. Check Wikipedia for more information about wasps and hornets, or http://bugguide.net/node/view/59/bgpage SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM ON LONGER SIDE.

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Announced:

Saturday, 2nd March, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 9th March, 2013 –
Friday, 15th March, 2013
(GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 16th March, 2013 –
Friday, 22nd March, 2013
(GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.

Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.

Colour only.

NO glaringly obvious HDR. If it hurts my eyes, it's out!

Don't remove the background.

TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just a photo number

NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

NO photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge.

Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be of a different wasp or hornet, or multiples of the beasties!

Comments of encouragement are welcome.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.

ENTRANTS WHO HAVE ENTERED NUMEROUS CHALLENGES, AND HAVE NEVER VOTED, OR HAVE A VERY LOW VOTING SCORE RELATIVE TO THEIR ENTRIES, EXPECTING OTHERS TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM MAY BE DQ'D. I don't like Free-loaders or Free Riders in my challenges.

Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, so don't even think about it!

Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be
reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the
complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted
the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.